jGnash is a free (no strings attached!) personal finance manager with many of the same features as commercially-available software. It was created in order to make tracking your personal finances easy, but also provides the functionality required by advanced users. jGnash is cross-platform: jGnash 2 will run on any operating system that has a working Java Runtime Environment (e.g., Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows)
jGnash 2.x requires that the Java Platform version 8 or newer be installed. jGnash has been tested with the Oracle JVM as well as the open source OpenJDK Platform.
Most users of jGnash will want the latest version of Oracle Java Runtime Environment.
Developers will want the Java Development Kit (see build instructions below.)
To learn about the features of jGnash, visit the jGnash Website.
You can download jGnash from the jGnash Download Page.
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Unzip all files into a directory of your choice leaving the directory structure unchanged.
Simply type the following below at a command line or double click on the jar or exe file in Windows.
java -jar jGnash2.jarIf you are using the OpenJDK, enabling OpenGL acceleration can significantly improve
graphics performance. See the integrated help for use of the -opengl option.
jGnash is not compatible with the GCJ Java installation pre-installed on older Linux distributions. You will need to install the OpenJDK or Oracle Java Platform and correctly set the default for jGnash to operate correctly.
For Mac OS X users, a minimum of Mac OS X 10.7 is required unless you want to experiment with the SoyLatte Java distribution.
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Copy the jGnash folder to
/Applications. -
Open AppleScript Editor. .
Create the following script:
try
do shell script "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.8.0/Home/bin/java -classpath /Applications/jGnash/lib -jar /Applications/jGnash/jgnash2.jar"
end try.
Save it as an Application called jGnash.app in /Applications/jGnash
To build jGnash you’ll need the following software installed and correctly configured on your system:
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JDK 8u71 or later.
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Apache Ant 1.9.0 or later
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Apache Maven 3.3 or later
If you are building with a recent 64 bit Linux system, you may need to enable Multilib/32 Bit support capabilities. Otherwise, the Maven build may fail when building the windows executables.
To create the distribution zip file, start at the main directory and run:
mvn package
ant -f release.xmlThe distribution zip file will be produced at jgnash-`version-bin.zip`.
The distribution now contains a version of jGnash that utilizes JavaFX for the user interface. Long term this version will replace the Java Swing based version that jGnash was first based on. The advantages of JavaFX over Swing are an improved appearance with better utilization of the systems graphics hardware including Hi-DPI systems.
The core/engine of jGnash remains the same and is shared by both the Swing and JavaFx versions. This means stability and protection of your valuable data remains the same. This also allows you to switch between versions without issue.
The advantages for jGnash is a smaller code base for the user interface, access to better components such as improved table support, HTML pages, functional animations, modern controls, etc. Experienced jGnash users will notice interface improvements. For example, try using the vertical and horizontal scroll wheels in a date picker and the collapsible transaction forms.
JDK 8u71 or later is required for the jGnashFx interface. The 8u71 release fixed several JavaFX bugs and jGnashFx is dependent on several recent API changes.
Linux users may use the jGnashFx interface if you have the Oracle release of Java installed or if you are using OpenJDK with OpenJFX 8u71 or later installed. OpenJFX 8u40 and u45 packages are generally available for most mainstream distributions, but will not work.
